July 2, 1973

Iraqi Defense Min Lt Gen H Shihab is shot dead and Interior Min Lt Gen S Ghaidan is wounded on July 1 in what state‐controlled Baghdad radio describes as assassination engineered by chief of internal security Col N Kazzar; 2 police officers are also killed; Shihab and Ghaidan are members of ruling Revolutionary Command Council, 15‐man exec authority under Pres A H al‐Bakr; Baghdad radio announcement conveys impression that Kazzar might have been working for neighboring Iran; statement says that Shihab, Ghaidan and several army and security officers were lured to banquet given in Baghdad on June 30 by Kazzar and that as soon as they arrived they were taken prisoner; says authorities soon learned about plot and loyal security men arrived; holds Kazzar and his men took Shihab and Ghaidan and escaped to town of Zarbatiya on Iraqi‐Iranian border, apparently with intention of crossing into Iran; says that Kazzar and his men were captured in Zarbatiya but not before they killed Shihab and wounded Ghaidan; mil funeral for Shibab is scheduled for July 2; Bakr returns to Iraq on June 30 from visits to Poland and Bulgaria, where he concluded deals for sale of Iraqi crude oil; repts from Baghdad in last 2 wks talked of rising tension in north after Kurdish nationalists under Gen M al‐Barzani accused Govt of failing to live up to its '70 promise to give Kurds autonomy in areas where they form majority; Govt has accused Barzani and his followers of collusion with Iran; illus of Shihab and Ghaidan

NY Times survey of industrialization in southern rural areas describes lifestyle of J Ellenburg, who works for Saco‐Lowell Shops, mfrs of textile machinery in Easely, SC, and who enjoys advantages of modern indus without the problems of big‐city living; polls show that Southern workers know their cheap labor is being exploited but continue to resist unionization and point to compensations of living in region; Michelin Tire Co is moving near textile mills in Anderson and Greenville, SC, where textile execs are disturbed that Michelin will lure many workers away with higher wages and also fear that Michelin will unionize; illus of Ellenburg

striking nonmedical employes of Wyckoff Heights Hosp, Bklyn, on July 1 use picket lines to block transfer of 78 patients from annex to hosp's main bldg so that nonmedical services might be consolidated, easing problems and personnel shortages created by strike of nurses' aides, orderlies, housekeepers, porters, guards and kitchen workers; hosp spokesman says transfer plan has been abandoned to avoid further trouble with union; says hosp will seek bed space for patients at other hosps in NYC if walkout by 351 strikers continues; 3 patients were successfully transferred before union pickets intervened; police were at both insts, but were not asked to intervene and they made no arrests; E J Lewis of Hosp, Nursing Home and Allied Health Services Union Local 144 says he has no idea what will happen if another attempt is made to transfer patients; strikers have demanded payment of 2% wage increase retroactive to Dec '71; last negotiated contract provided for 7.7% increase, but this was later reduced by Cost of Living Council to 5.5%; hosp contends that money is not available and says payment of full increase will have to await approval of Blue Cross, Medicare and Medicaid rate adjustments‐process being held up by 60‐day price freeze; NYS Sup Ct Justice J B Wegman on June 28 signed order directing union to show cause on July 2 why strike should not be halted and union penalized

author J Kozol, speaking at Natl Educ Assn meeting, Portland, Ore, on July 1, attacks NYC teachers union head A Shanker as openly encouraging and exaggerating animosity between blacks and Jews in '68 school adm controversy in Ocean Hill‐Brownsville section of Brooklyn; Shanker is not present at meeting, but requests time to answer Kozol's charges on July 3; Kozol and Shanker illus

OECD, in survey of US econ issued on July 1, warns that econ policy will be put to crucial test over next 12 to 18 mos and urges Govt adopt more flexible fiscal arrangements and Cong to grant Pres some extra, although limited, powers to deal with problem; survey reveals concern over resurgence of inflation and boom conditions which, if allowed to go unchecked, could lead to bust later; says that even with restoration of stricter wage and price controls, maintenance of satisfactory price performance will become virtually impossible if excessive demand pressures and widespread bottlenecks and shortages should develop; also cautions that overheating of econ accompanied by stronger inflation and spillover of domestic demand into higher level of Amer imports could jeopardize improvement of current foreign balance, which it says is now in sight; on money policy, warns that if whole burden of policy adjustment is put on tightening up of availability of money, resulting interest‐rate squeeze could provoke serious downturn later; says some tax action may be necessary, particularly if Fed expenditures rise faster than suggested in fiscal '74 Fed budget presented last Jan; notes however that, judging from past experience, enactment of tax changes could take considerable time and thus come too late from point of view of good demand mgt; stressing need for prompt action in a modern econ, calls on Cong to give further consideration to possibility of granting Pres limited standby authority to vary tax rates and certain types of outlays without prior legis consent